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J. A. BROWN.

Car Seat.

No. 68.347. Patented Sept. 3. 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JUSTUS A. BROWN, of Bath, in the county of Sagadahock, and State of Maine, have invented anew and improved Reversible Seat; and Ida hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved reversible seat.

- Figure 2 is apartial section taken in the curved line a: z, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to an improvement insettees, sofas, or other seats for the use of 'steamboats, railroad cars, hotels, or other places; and consists, in the combination of a reciprocating back, with reciprocating arms, arranged in such manner that the book may be moved from one side to the other of the seat, and stand at the same anglefor the support of the back, while at the same time the arms move in concert with the back,-and hold the same relative position to the back on whichever side it may be turned. This arrangement of a reversible seat is simple and convenient. i

A represents the seat, and B the back .of a sofa, mounted as usual on legs a a. The back is made alike on both sides, to serve for support on either side of the seat, and is suspended to the arms C by swivel-bolt connections I; b at the upper part of each end. At the lower part of each end of the back B are metal guidebolts or projections cc, which fit to play freely in slots (2 d on the inside of the arms G0, which slots are curved in the arc of a circle according to the sweep required for shifting the back from one side to the other for the projections c c to 'move in. Thearms C C are pivoted at the lower part in the ends of the seat-fra me at e e; and for thepurpose of strengthening the arms and regulating their reciprocating movement from side to side of the seat A, they are connectedat their lower ends by a rigid bar,'g 9, under the seat, which secures the simultaneous movement of both arms. The arms 0 G are so formed that they project forward from the back B in the same manner, on whichever side of the seat A it may be placed, and range downward behind the back B, nearly in line with it, entirely out of the way. I

It is manifest that bythis arrangement of the seat A', the back B, and the arms G 0, connected as described, the back of the sofa may be shifted and reversed in position by merely swinging it forward or backward upon the swivel-bolt connections 6 b, guided by the projections c c in the slots dd, vvhile at the same time the arms turn in concert with the back upon the pivots at e c in the ends of the seat, and thus making a reversible sofa or seat of any similar kindadapted to the use of steamboats and other places.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The reciprocating arms G G, pivoted to the seat A, with the bar g connected to their lower ends, and having the back '5 pivoted to their upper ends, which is provided with pin c playing in theislot dot the back, as represented and described.

2. The pin 0, in combination with the back B,'operating withthe-slotted arms G, pivoted to the seat-frame,

substantially as described for the purpose specified.

JUSTUS A. BROWN.

Witnesses:

SAML D. HALEY, GEORGE SNELL. 

